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Grab your family for a fun fall trip to one of these nearby orchards and farms for some apple or pumpkin picking! Celebrate the season!
The start of autumn means a whole new host of things to do, places to go and experiences to enjoy…here are a few from our hit list this year. Fall fun!
WEEKEND PLANNER
FRIDAY
Check out the 88th annual Feast of San Gennaro in historic Little Italy. Don’t’ miss the world-famous cannoli-eating contest at 2 pm, or live entertainment from Just Friends on the Grand Street stage at 7:30 pm. It’s all Italiano! (Thursday-Sept. 21)
Join MIT-trained software engineer Dr. Jeannine Mosely at the Museum of Math and learn how she makes her gigantic signature origami structures. Her creations include a model of Worcester’s Union Station made from over 60,000 cards! Get foldin’! (Friday)
SATURDAY
Celebrate NYC’s Irish-American history at the 33rd Annual Great Irish Fair of New York at Coney Island. Watch Irish dancing, listen to traditional and contemporary Irish music, enjoy pub food, and a separate fairground for the kids with magic shows, rides and balloon artists and more! Luck of the Irish! (Saturday-Sunday)
Buzz over to the Rockaway Boardwalk this Sunday! The bee-utiful NYC Honey Festival will feature honey tastings from local hives, plus live music, food, film screenings and bee-themed arts & crafts. How sweet it is! (Saturday)
Catch “The History of Modern Mime” at Lincoln Center this Saturday. The Funny Bones Trio will reenact the art’s history—from its creation in Italy to its present form in America—without the use of speech! Body talk! (Saturday)
Come out to Brooklyn Bridge Park for a sky-high celebration, the 2014 Kite Festival! Kites will be available for purchase, or you can bring your own and watch it soar along the Manhattan skyline. Up, up and away! (Saturday)
Catch Circus Amok–the traveling troupe that blends traditional circus skills with modern dance, puppetry and improv–at the Socrates Sculpture Park. In this show, the audience will encounter a heroine as she tries to save the earth from doom at the hands of climate change! It’s showtime! (Saturday)
Get the family back on your bikes! Come out to the Old Stone House in Park Slope for back-to-school bike bargains, tune-ups, replacement parts, and new and used bicycles at the New York Bike Jumble. Spin your wheels! (Saturday)
SUNDAY
This year’s 92Y Street Fest is back and better than ever! Mount Sinai Health System will sponsor the fest’s Wellness Way, and American Girl will host KidCentral Ave. Plus–sports clinics, games, music, and raffles! Take to the streets! (Sunday)
Come out to the Mercedes Club for Family Fun Day for the Cure, hosted by Moms in Training. During this day-long event to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, families with kids of all ages can enjoy live music, arts & crafts, food, fitness activities, giveaways, and more. Fun for a cause! (Sunday)
Experience New York’s first ever music, poetry and basketball performance: Bounce: The Basketball Performance Event at Kaiser Park Coney Island. Kids will enjoy a fun basketball-handling session, plus music and poetry performances. Slam dunk! (Sunday)
Take the kids to Washington Square Park to enjoy an afternoon of free folk music in one of the genre’s key historic sites. Stick around for the square dance, hosted by NYC Barn Dance! Folk frenzy! (Sunday)
Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue invites families and their dogs to their Annual Badass Brooklyn Fall Festival. Activities include a pitbull kissing booth, crafts for kids, a dog agility course, trainer Q&A sessions, canine caricatures, food for mutts (and their owners), and much more. Woof woof! (Sunday)